Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003

This section applies in relation to a person who—

is diagnosed by a psychiatrist, in the way prescribed by regulation, as having post-traumatic stress disorder; and

at any time before the diagnosis, was employed as a first responder or an eligible employee.

For the purposes of an entitlement to compensation, the post-traumatic stress disorder is taken to be an injury.

Subsection (2) applies despite any evidence that the post-traumatic stress disorder arose out of, or in the course of, a circumstance mentioned in section 32(5)(a), (b) or (c).

However, subsection (2) does not apply if it is proved that—

the post-traumatic stress disorder did not arise out of, or in the course of, the person’s employment as a first responder or an eligible employee; or

the person’s employment as a first responder or an eligible employee was not a significant contributing factor to the disorder.